Guard for collar-buttons, &amp;c.



CLM. THALIMER.

GUARD FOR COLLAR BUTTONS, &c.

APPLICATION man APR.1, 1915.

1,177,065, Patented Mai. 28,1916.

THE COLUMBIA PuugoGR/mfl cov. WASHINGTON, D. t

CLARENCE MONTAGUE THALIMER, OE MOUNT VEBNQN, NEW YORK.

GUARD FOB COLLAR-BUTTONS, 8w.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2%, 1916.

Application filed April 1, 1915. Serial No. 18,433.

To cZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE M. TI-IALI- MER, a cltlzen of the United States, residing at Mount Vernon, lVest-chester county, in

the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guards for Collar-Buttons, &c., of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention aims to provide a means for shielding the neckband of a tie from the head of the collar button or other fastening device which secures the collar to the back of the neckband of a shirt. The projecting head of such collar buttons is frequently a source not only of annoyance but of damage, and causes binding of the tie within collars of the turn down or fold type. Frequently the head of the button catches the seam of the tie and rips and injures the tie when strain is exerted, in addition to causingthe tie to bind within the fold of the collar so as to cause such damage in an attempt to slide the tie.

I have devised an attachment, separate from the collar, which is of very simple con struction and which may be used and adapted for any size collar. My device is very inexpensive to manufacture and simple in its application to the collar, and furthermore is composed of such thin material that no undue pressure or binding action can take place. In addition the device when used is concealed from view; does not change the appearance of the collar, and furthermore does not annoy the wearer in the least.

One embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

Figure 1 is a fragmentary sectional view through a shirt and collar at the rear, the button shield or guard being shown in operative position within a collar of the turn down or fold type. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the guard itself removed from the collar.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 indicates the neckband of a shirt 2, and 3 the back collar button inserted through the usual buttonhole at the back, the head 3 of this button being inserted through the buttonhole in the back or inner fold 4 of a collar of the turn down type, the head of the button being positioned between the inner fold 4- and the outer fold 5, as is usual. Ordinarily the neckband 6 of the scarf will rub against this button, catching therein and causing binding and damage. I propose to prevent such action and to this end I have devised a guard member which may be con structed along the following lines: 7 designates a foundation or base piece of thin flexible material, such as fabric, this base piece near one end having a buttonhole 8 or other fastening means. This base 7 is of suflicient length to button over the head 3 and to be folded around the lower edge of the collar so as to project upwardly between the folds 4: and 5 thereof. Attached to this base piece adjacent its other end is a relatively narrow spacer strip 9 of comparatively thin flexible material, of a smooth hard nature, such as celluloid, this sheet being secured to the base 7 adjacent one end in any suitable manner, such as by the stitches 10. The other end of this celluloid sheet is provided with a clownturned collar expanding lip or fold designed a to maintain the folds of the collar in spaced relation and thereby to afford ample slide space for the tie. As this lip is of flexible material it will adapt itself to different styles and sizes of fold or turn down collars. In use the base 7 is buttoned over the head 3 of the button either before or after the collar is fastened thereover. The material of the base being flexible, it will permit the guard piece 9 to be subsequently inserted within the fold of the collar to cover the head 3 of the button 3, the base 7 readily permitting this fold, and the shield 9 being flexible and thin, conforming to the contour of the inner fold of the collar, covering the head 3 of the collar button, and spacing the folds of the collar by its lip 11 to provide ample tie space. The fact that the base 7 is buttoned over, the head of the collar button insures the positioning of the shield portion 9 of the attachment over the head of the button. The neckband of the tie may be subsequently inserted or it may be inserted when the shield is inserted within the fold, the lip 11 acting as a retaining and positioning means for the tie in the last method of application. This neckband of the tie will rest against the outer face of the celluloid or other shield,

which surface being hard and smooth will readily permit the neckband to slide thereover and Will prevent said neckband from contacting with the stud head, thereby preventing binding of the tie and the frequent and shape and specific structure may be made Within the spirit of this invention and the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim therefore and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a device of the character described, a freely flexible base having a closed button hole near one end arranged to be seated around and held by a back collarbutton, a relatively stiff and narrow spacer strip connected to said base at the other end thereof, the free end of said strip being doubled back and offset to form a spacer for the folds of a turned-down collar.

CLARENCE MONTAGUE THALIMER.

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